UPDATE:
Yep! He’s fired! Harrison Wright died in the finale. Columbus issued a statement today, “At this time I must confirm my exit from a show I’ve called home for 3 years, with what is the most talented ensemble in television today. Everything must come to an end and unfortunately the time has come for Harrison Wright to exit the canvas. I wish nothing but the best for Shonda, Kerry and the rest of the cast.”
You can’t work for a female boss and get a pass on beating the shit out of your wife on the regular.
Those of us who watch Scandal have been wondering about Columbus Short and his character’s future on the show. Short plays Harrison Wright a fairly articulate Senior Associate at Olivia Pope & Associates. In the beginning he was a major focus of the show and an integral part of the agency. In season three, we’ve seen his face time dwindle considerably and noticed that Abbey may be being groomed to take over his position as Senior Associate. Last night, on Scandal, Poppa Pope had a gun to Harrison’s head leaving things open to the possibility of Harrison getting killed off.
It seems the reason for all the uncertainty in Short’s character’s plotline has to do with some issues going on in his real life. None of them are pretty. If you want to still enjoy him on Scandal, you should stop reading now. You’ve been warned. 
Who knows how long Columbus Short has had some sort of anger issues but we first found out about them on February 3rd when his wife, Tanee reported to police that Columbus woke her up and choked her before chasing her around the house and threatening her. He was arrested for spousal battery and child abuse because this all went down in front of his two kids ages 2 and 10. Just over two weeks later, on February 18th, there was another violent incident where Columbus broke her phone. He was arrested again.
On March 15th, Columbus was at a bar to celebrate a family member’s engagement. As the story goes, someone else attending the event said something about Tanee to Columbus and he went nuts on the guy beating him unconscious. He was arrested, but the victim later refused to press charges because he is either a family member or a friend of the family. He is attempting to reach a settlement outside of court for his extensive medical expenses.
On March 26th, Columbus and Tanee were spotted out with the kids acting like everything was forgiven.
Things really escalated on April 7th, Columbus allegedly threatened to hit Tanee over the head with a wine bottle after dumping the contents over her head, according to court documents. Tanee says that he grabbed a knife from the kitchen and pinned her on the couch and began to choke her. Tanee alleges that Columbus placed the knife close to her neck and threatened to kill her and then kill himself. Later in the documents she claims that Columbus demanded they play a game he called Truth or Truth where Columbus would state names of people they knew and demand she admit to having an affair with them. Tanee claims Columbus stabbed the couch each time she denied an affair. Tanee was able to flee the scene with her two-year old but soon realized her tires had been slashed.
Last Tuesday, Tanee filed for and received a restraining order keeping Columbus way from her and their two-year old daughter. Columbus has a ten-year old son from a previous marriage. She has also filed for divorce.
Meanwhile, Columbus has been hosting Scandal Finale parties and releasing a single. TMZ caught up with him last night and it seemed he did not have a care in the world, although he did not want to address his wife’s accusation, or his future with the show. He clearly is a good actor because there was no sign of Harrison Wright, just some thuggish dude trying to fake some swag.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that we won’t see Harrison Wright alive when season four of Scandal premieres. Shonda Rimes does not play when it comes to negative press for the show. His scenes started to peter out at exactly the time all of this criminal behavior started. I for one am no longer interested in him. If I want to see criminals on my TV, I’ll watch a housewives show. I don’t think even Olivia Pope can fix the damage Columbus Short has done to his family and career in a few short months.
If he has only done half of what he is accused of, he needs to be in jail. That probably will not happen, or not for a long time. No matter how Shonda feels, I cannot imagine an actor, particularly a female, wanting to be on set or near him. He is too volatile to be trusted.
__I cannot imagine an actor, particularly a female, wanting to be on set or near him. He is too volatile to be trusted.__
@ angel , he hasnt ever had a problem with his co workers so why would he now ?
he has had scenes with lady co workers and there have been no problems.
Exactly, this guy is to unstable and eventually will kill someone.
You read my thoughts Angel. I’m surprised his wife kept him this long. There is absolutely no reason in the world to accept his behavior. He needs to go to jail where he’ll see what abuse is really like. Counseling might help, but there’s nothing like a wake up call that puts you in the same position as the person you battered.
“If I want to see criminals on my TV, I’ll watch a housewives show.” – Commentary such as this is why I LOVE this blog.
I’m glad the wife seems to be sticking to her guns to protect herself and her daughter and hope they come out of this as unscathed as possible.
As for Mr. Short, I hope he gets whatever help he needs to get it together and realizes everything he’s throwing away.
Anyone got any tips on where to find some new chocolate eye candy on tv? Luther is over (Bye, Idris.) Hostages was a single-run to begin with (Farewell, weekly dose of Brian White). And now Columbus Short has essentially killed Harrison Wright…
Sexy Lance Gross is on crisis, it’s on NBC
Thanks! I’ll definitely check it out!
Wow! Somebody ought to stuff his little short mean behind in a matchbox and toss him in the river!
Foolishness!
Remember when he was Britney’s choreographer ten years ago and she had an affair with him and the rumors were that her “knee injury” during the Outrageous video shoot was because she had to get an abortion. I think Tanee had just given birth or was very pregnant.
No, I don’t remember that. He didn’t even know Tanee during the Britney tour. Nor was she pregnant. He split from his first wife Brandi in 2003 while she was pregnant/just after the birth of his son. The Britnany tour was in 2004.
ok, then that is who I was thinking of. I just remember lots of drama with his baby mama over the Britney situation but her people covered it up pretty well.
I read this gossip the other day… Seems like the little man didn’t just start making bad decisions
I agree TT…he won’t be back and I am no longer interested in seeing him…I am really disgusted with him. I hope another character is brought in to replace him because I don’t see Abbey as “Senior” level yet….but Ms. Rhimes is good at what she does so we’ll see….
Maybe they will bring back the guy from the 1st season. I think his name was Stephen.
People are talking about the inappropriateness of glorifying the side piece on this show (some Christians are in full revolt mode about a fictional character) the real life person they are swooning over is a monster. TV is a tricky bitch isn’t it? Fantasy characters covers ugly behaviors and reality TV highlights them.
Wowzers! You said a mouthful with that one…#truth
TT thanks reminding me of the timeline and why I am no longer comfortable with him.
Columbus’ private life kind of bleed into Harrison’s character whether intentional or not. I would feel like Harrison was just too curupt and he seemed at times to have no real plot, kinda fake.
Then we start hearing about Colymbus being despicable and abusive to his wife, and I didn’t want to see Harrison being an aggressive lover. Showing his superior skills with a gun. It just creeped me out.
It sounds over the top I know. Me thinking “I wonder if you showed those skills to your wife Columbus? Huh did you scare the shit out of her that way you ass hole?!”
Please Scandall bring in someone else.
You are not alone. If I know you are creepy in your personal life I’m gonna see super creepy no matter what role you are playing. They need to make sure he is killed off the show because if he has anger issues playing an aggressive role is not a good idea.
Yes exactly!
This guy needs anger management classes and needs to be sober. He looks like he has a major temper just by his looks. I wouldnt be surprised if he was fired from the show because they dont need the negative publicity.
TT, thanks for this hot tea. I am very disappointed to hear this news about Columbus Short. I thought he was an upstanding guy, a good guy. I bought into his image as a private family man and great actor. If he has threatened his wife IN FRONT OF HIS CHILDREN, on two separate occasions, he is now a dog. A disgusting, despicable dog. He needs to be fired and removed from the Scandal cast ASAP. #willnotbemissed.
Although I agree with your overall post…not sure what “fairly articulate” means. His dialogue and delivery are…were no different than anyone else’s.
What I meant, and did not convey well was that on Scandal he appears to be educated and smart as his character Harrison Wright. But on the TMZ video he seems hood and oblivious to his problems. Harrison is hot. Columbus is not.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I had known about Columbus Shorts personal problems and it does seem the writers have been writing Harrison out.
I never know how others will respond towards accusations like this with celebrities.
Harrison seemed to go from top Gladiator to a minor player.
Oh no need to worry Shondra will not bring him back. She let the guy on Gray’s Anatomy go for taking the word f– lightly. No way she will bring Short back. He sounds like a drug addict or a abusive steroid user. His wife should never take him back or she will be as dead as Oscar Pistorious’s girlfriend.
Nice disclaimer. I know after I started learning crap about this guy even his suits started looking dirty!
if columbus is fired i do get it. domestic violence isnot ok.
if he is convicted, serves his time, gets counseling…would you be fine with him making a comeback ? robert downey jr messed up and is now accepted. but mel gibson messed up and isnt accepted.